In this World Preliminary Tournament, the most eye-catching performance is undoubtedly Palestine, the "weak team" ranked 97th in the world and 15th in Asia, in the face of the top powerhouse Australia and the West Asian powerhouse Lebanon, it was able to score 7 points in 4 rounds, which was the same as the national football team. What is even more admirable is that the Palestinian state has been devastated by war, and it is not easy for their players to still be able to hand in this answer.
In Group I, where Palestine is located, Australia won all 4 games, scoring 15 goals and 1 goal without conceding, and the performance was very strong. However, Australia's strong attacking firepower only scored one goal against Palestine, which shows how tenacious this Middle Eastern team is. Last month, Palestine completed a double of two games against Bangladesh, with an aggregate score of 6-0 (5-0, 1-0 respectively), while Australia thrashed Lebanon 7-0 over two legs in the same period, plus Palestine drew Lebanon in their first match. Therefore, after 4 rounds, Palestine won 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss and got 7 points, ranking second in the group.
With Australia qualifying early and Lebanon only 2 points, Palestine only needs to guarantee a draw against Lebanon in the next round to ensure promotion. In contrast, the group in which the national football team is located, except for South Korea, which is difficult to beat, Thailand and Singapore, are ranked and strengthened below us, and it stands to reason that the national football team should be able to advance easily. But the facts are disappointing, the national football team has 4 games, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, especially last month's first game against Singapore, which almost brought the team to the brink of elimination. Moreover, considering that the national football team won the first game against Thailand was not easy, and the opponent in the next round of the Sino-Thai battle must go all out, this game will be much more difficult than imagined.
In this case, the national football team must ensure that it wins Thailand in order to ensure promotion, and if the points are tied and the points reach 8 points, it will be basically out, why do you say that? Because the national football team faces South Korea in the last round, the difficulty can be imagined, South Korea is not only strong, but also its style of play is similar to the national football team, and the national football team has always had "Koreanophobia" , so the national football team wants to win South Korea, the difficulty is comparable to ascending, and Thailand's last round is the weakest group of Singapore, the opponent's strength is too weak, it is difficult to pose a threat to Thailand, and the other party has been basically out, no desire, so the hard work is also insufficient, so Thailand should not have much problem winning Singapore, and on goal difference, in the face of Singapore, Thailand should be full of firepower, therefore, if the national football team draws Thailand, 8 points will be basically out, the national football team wants to qualify, facing Thailand must take all three points.
The situation in Palestine is better than ours. In fact, it is not the first time that Palestine has played the role of a dark horse, at the beginning of this year, in the Asian Cup, they won 3 games, 1 draw, 1 loss and 1 loss, 1-2 in the face of the Asian champion Qatar, 1-1 in the face of the former Asian hegemon UAE, and 3-0 in the face of Hong Kong, China. Although the Palestines are not traditional powerhouses, they have exceeded expectations in the tournament, at least compared to the national team, they deserve more praise.
According to the rules of the World Preliminary Tournament, the 18 teams that advance will be regrouped, one group for every six teams, and a double round-robin match of home and away again. At that time, if the national football team and Palestine are in the same group, don't see the international ranking of the other party, and feel that it is easy to deal with. For today's national football team, there is no certainty of victory in the face of any opponent, and a small mistake may ruin a good situation. Unfortunately, the national football team has made too many small mistakes on the field, and I can only hope that the players can become more concentrated after experiencing these recent games, and not be like Liu Yang of Singapore in 4-1, inexplicably distracted. Finally, let us wish the Chinese men's football team to qualify as soon as possible and play with spirit!